Beyond freelance writing and photography, I am starting year 23 of teaching. Many of my former students are now my neighbors and coworkers. They have become adults I love visiting with. Watching them become parents is something I really enjoy! Recently, a former student (a mom of two young ones) was prepping for her first…
(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series about greenhorn dry camping, or “boondocking” as many call it. Topics covered in this second article include tools needed, pleasure stays, emergencies, cooking, flexibility, what to bring and what not to bring.) By Robert Brennecke Let’s start with tools needed, because in my estimation you…
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part article about “boondocking.”) The travel trailer industry is growing with leaps and bounds and putting hundreds of thousands of units on the road this year and next. Unfortunately, the campgrounds are not growing nearly as fast as campers are being built. We will have to find…
Once Charlie and I had planned this campout for a couple of weeks. We had not been camping for some time, so we were looking forward to this trip. Thursday afternoon we had everything packed and ready to go. Friday morning we headed out. We knew just where we were to set up camp. We…
April is finally here. With that comes the opening of many seasonal campgrounds in Missouri. The memories I have made with my daughter on camping trips are priceless, yet I have had so many people inquire about this pastime with great confusion. I’ve heard it all. People have complained to me that it sounds like…
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December 21, 2017, marked the winter solstice. For me, this is the time I start to think and plan for the upcoming year as our days will become longer. As many of you may have heard, for the 2018 camping season, we are looking for a new concessionaire to operate Loggers Lake Campground. If you…
